Poker Players Database

  • JC Tran

    JC Tran

  • Chris Ferguson

    Chris Ferguson

  • Erica Schoenberg

    Erica Schoenberg

  • Joanne Liu

    Joanne Liu

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer Harman

  • John Juanda

    John Juanda

  • Hendon Mob

    Hendon Mob

  • Phil Gordon

    Phil Gordon

  • Eddy Scharf

    Eddy Scharf

  • Kathy Liebert

    Kathy Liebert

  • David Benyamine

    David Benyamine

  • John Cernuto

    John Cernuto

  • Allen Cunningham

    Allen Cunningham

  • Vanessa Selbst

    Vanessa Selbst

  • Aaron Bartley

    Aaron Bartley

  • Liv Boeree

    Liv Boeree

Poker Players

Poker Players become well known for many reasons. Maybe they have won a major tournament, appeared on televised poker shows, are authors of well read poker books, are legends of poker that have told us many a tale of times gone by or just a darn good player that has earned the respect of their peers in the poker community.

We have researched and interviewed popular players and collated data on their poker career. The result being our Poker Players Database containing detailed written profiles of the poker player and their life stories together with the stats behind their poker career

Find out where your favourite player ranks in one of our top lists, from the Top Earning Players to WSOP Bracelet Winners. Alternatively just search through our A-Z listing of all Player Profiles to discover things you never knew about the players we see at the poker tables.

Player Profiles

John Cernuto

USA John Cernuto – Air Traffic Controller now controls the Poker Tables
John Cernuto has been around the professional poker circuit for over 18 years. After packing in his job as an Air Traffic Controller and moving to Las Vegas [more...]

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Taiwan Joanne Liu – Late Starter becomes a Leading Female poker player
Joanne Liu is the highest placing female in any World Poker Tour Championship event, but she didn't even know what poker was until later on in her life. [more...]

Paul Wasicka

USA Paul Wasicka – Recovering from being one card away from World Champion
It was a devastating blow that was hard to take for Paul Wasicka, despite becoming a wealthy man after losing heads up at the 2006 WSOP Main Event [more...]

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USA Vanessa Rousso – Poker too much of a Draw away from boring Law Career
Vanessa Rousso has always been a high achiever leading her to Law School, but Poker was too big of a draw. She has now established a successful poker career [more...]

Erik Seidel

USA Erik Seidel – One of the Few Remaining of the Old Generation of Poker
Erik Seidel will be remembered as a star of the movie Rounders and his incredible success with a staggering $20 million in career poker earnings. [more...]

Carlos Mortensen

Spain Carlos Mortenson – First Ever to Win both the WSOP & WPT Championships
Carlos Mortenson is the first player to ever win both the WSOP and WPT world championship events. Known for the imaginative way he arranges his chip stacks [more...]

Top Earning Players

Erik Seidel

1st
USA Erik Seidel
$21,499,344

Phil Ivey

2nd
USA Phil Ivey
$17,649,220

John Juanda

3rd
Indonesia John Juanda
$15,113,768

Allen Cunningham

4th
USA Allen Cunningham
$12,031,743

Carlos Mortensen

5th
Spain Carlos Mortensen
$11,598,083

Gus Hansen

6th
Denmark Gus Hansen
$11,240,678

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7th
USA JC Tran
$10,416,658

Erick Lindgren

8th
USA Erick Lindgren
$9,881,849

Mike Matusow

9th
USA Mike Matusow
$8,974,373

Chris Ferguson

10th
USA Chris Ferguson
$8,281,926

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11th
USA Vanessa Selbst
$8,018,466

Paul Wasicka

12th
USA Paul Wasicka
$7,896,100

Huck Seed

13th
USA Huck Seed
$7,582,816

David Benyamine

14th
France David Benyamine
$7,047,146

Howard Lederer

15th
USA Howard Lederer
$6,571,538

World Series of Poker Winners

  • Jeff Madsen

    Jeff
    Madsen

    3

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer
    Harman

    2

  • Chris Ferguson

    Chris
    Ferguson

    5

  • Erick Lindgren

    Erick
    Lindgren

    2

  • Andy Bloch

    Andy
    Bloch

    1

  • Vanessa Selbst

    Vanessa
    Selbst

    2

  • Annette Obrestad

    Annette
    Obrestad

    1

  • Max Pescatori

    Max
    Pescatori

    2

  • Phil Ivey

    Phil
    Ivey

    9

  • Robert Mizrachi

    Robert
    Mizrachi

    1

Female Poker Players

  • Vanessa Rousso

    Vanessa Rousso

  • Erica Schoenberg

    Erica Schoenberg

  • Liv Boeree

    Liv Boeree

  • Annette Obrestad

    Annette Obrestad

  • Annie Duke

    Annie Duke

  • Victoria Coren

    Victoria Coren

  • Vanessa Selbst

    Vanessa Selbst

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer Harman

  • Clonie Gowen

    Clonie Gowen

  • Sandra Naujoks

    Sandra Naujoks